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Big 12Wildcats

Kansas State

70th of 1274–6

Rank

70th

of 127 FBS teams

Rating

−1.3

90% range −11.3 to 8.7

Offense

28.4

71st: points scored vs an average team

Defense

29.6

74th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

4–6

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 2Sep 12 · 12:00 PM ET vs Arkansas State L 31–35
Rating change−3.9
Wk 4Sep 26 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#6 Oklahoma W 38–35
Rating change+2.1
Wk 5Oct 3 · 3:30 PM ET vs Texas Tech W 31–21
Rating change−1.1
Wk 6Oct 10 · 4:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#23 TCU W 21–14
Rating change+0.8
Wk 8Oct 24 · 12:00 PM ET vs Kansas W 55–14
Rating change+1.0
Wk 9Oct 31 · 12:00 PM ET at West Virginia L 10–37
Rating change−1.7
Wk 10Nov 7 · 4:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#12 Oklahoma State L 18–20
Rating change+2.2
Wk 12Nov 21 · 4:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#20 Iowa State L 0–45
Rating change−5.1
Wk 13Nov 28 · 7:00 PM ET at Baylor L 31–32
Rating change+0.5
Wk 14Dec 5 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#22 Texas L 31–69
Rating change−1.7

Rating through 2020

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2019Big 1245 of 1304.926.922.08–5—
2018Big 1263 of 1301.726.725.05–7—
2017Big 1239 of 1307.231.824.68–5—
2016Big 1223 of 12811.134.123.09–4—
2015Big 1283 of 128−3.228.631.86–7—

Profile

KSU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com